I recently did something similar, that was of my own devising.
At one point several years back I wrote down some "code" in my own "shorthand" form; it was meant to implement a library and some test code for a microcontroller project I was contemplating at the time. I basically wrote it in such a fashion so that I was quick to get my main ideas down without being too "wordy" (whether in code or otherwise).
Then I put it away, and didn't revisit it again - until recently.
A couple of weeks back I found that code again, and looked at it - worried that I wouldn't be able to recall my shorthand or what I was thinking; in short, worried that my ideas would be "lost".
I looked over the code, walked thru it in my mind - and after a few minutes it all came back to me, and I was able to understand again what I had originally created (and where I could make improvements as well). It both left me feeling optimistic about the process, as well as a bit excited that I was able to remember it and improve on it - that I didn't have to worry about it, and that my shorthand "pseudo-code" was legitimate enough that it could have been real code for all that it mattered.
i didn't expect critical discussion because they were not native english speakers. (in fact they hadn't had an opportunity to even use english outside of talking to their teacher, so when they were able to engage in friendly arguments over how to solve a problem, that was quite an accomplishment, even more so for asian culture which is generally rather submissive (you don't argue with your boss))